The soil beneath our feet is a huge carbon bank storing up to approximately three times more carbon than the entire ...

AMES, Iowa – Smarter use of the microbes that live in and around crops could pay huge dividends for farmers in the near future, according to an Iowa State University microbiologist. Gwyn Beattie, a ...

Plastic trash has reached the world's most remote locations, from the bottom of the Mariana Trench to the summit of Everest.

The community of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract, the gut microbiome, is an essential partner in digestion. Those microorganisms help us break down certain foods and absorb nutrients, and the ...

Stanford Medicine researchers have identified a specific gut bacterium that accelerates memory loss in aging mice, and they ...

After the recent pandemic, our use of disinfectants has increased, but are our efforts to create sterile urban environments backfiring? A new study published in the journal Microbiome has identified ...

Lynette Abbott continues her discussion on soil health by examining the effects of fertilisers on soil organisms ...

When living with a partner, you might be sharing more than just the same home, lifestyle, and interests. You might also share ...

Caption: A microbial mat above a methane seep in the Eel River Basin, Calif. This methane seep is being cored to obtain sediment from the seep. The sediment used in our experiments was sampled in this ...

Biodegradable plastics don’t break down on their own. Researchers found ocean microbes play a key role, and results can vary ...

You'd think the complex flavor in a quality cup of tea would depend mainly on the tea varieties used to make it. But a new study shows that the making of a delicious cup of tea depends on another key ...